Turn 9: Sacrifice (Navy)
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 4:54 pm
Fernandez saw his buddy Stark go spinning off into space and was unable to grab his arm in time. He deactivated his magnetic boots and leapt after him. He almost missed his target but was able to grab onto Stark as he was beginning to steady his spin. The two of them locked arms in an awkward hugging motion and began to spin again. (Roll: Moderate success)
Bosun’s Mate Bryant fired the rescue line at the two of them. The line ran out at a constant rate towards its target. The blunted metal “sinker” hit Fernandez in the back. As he rotated, he reached out and grabbed the metal ending of the rope and started to manhandle it around the two of their waists. Pulling on the taught line allowed him to reverse the spin and wrap the line around them. Bryant hit the retrieval button and the line slowly began to draw back in. She felt the rope gun tugging at her hands with resistance as the two bodies returned to the surface of the deck. (Roll: Success)
“We are in serious danger. We must activate life support at any cost,” said Preacher in a serene voice. The Marine Isaac Cohen was firing at the two charging aliens but the difficulty of fighting in zero gravity was becoming very evident. Right behind him were the three grappling Navy personnel, two of which were floating in the vacuum, and the two hostile targets were closing in very fast. (OOC: EvHall told me that he wanted his character to shoot at the aliens.)
The voice of Commander Zimmerman could be heard shouting in all their ears now. “Get that fucking life support online! There are five thousand people on that fucking space station and they are starting to suffocate! Get it online at any cost, that is an order!”
“Knight, activate life support. I will address the alien threat,” Preacher said as calm as a cucumber. With that he turned and began to speed walk toward the charging aliens. One of them adjusted its course to intercept him. The shiny black creature pounced like a cat but Preacher jumped toward it at the same moment. The two of them collided in the “air” and the force of the collision sent them spinning upward into space. “It is confirmed as a hostile, dangerous creature,” he said in a somewhat strained but still calm voice. “It has already punctured my suit. I will be offline in under fifteen seconds. Do not consider me in your calculations.”
<Tag Knight/everyone>
The last alien was almost on top of the humans now. This was their last chance for sure.
(Actions)
Bosun’s Mate Bryant fired the rescue line at the two of them. The line ran out at a constant rate towards its target. The blunted metal “sinker” hit Fernandez in the back. As he rotated, he reached out and grabbed the metal ending of the rope and started to manhandle it around the two of their waists. Pulling on the taught line allowed him to reverse the spin and wrap the line around them. Bryant hit the retrieval button and the line slowly began to draw back in. She felt the rope gun tugging at her hands with resistance as the two bodies returned to the surface of the deck. (Roll: Success)
“We are in serious danger. We must activate life support at any cost,” said Preacher in a serene voice. The Marine Isaac Cohen was firing at the two charging aliens but the difficulty of fighting in zero gravity was becoming very evident. Right behind him were the three grappling Navy personnel, two of which were floating in the vacuum, and the two hostile targets were closing in very fast. (OOC: EvHall told me that he wanted his character to shoot at the aliens.)
The voice of Commander Zimmerman could be heard shouting in all their ears now. “Get that fucking life support online! There are five thousand people on that fucking space station and they are starting to suffocate! Get it online at any cost, that is an order!”
“Knight, activate life support. I will address the alien threat,” Preacher said as calm as a cucumber. With that he turned and began to speed walk toward the charging aliens. One of them adjusted its course to intercept him. The shiny black creature pounced like a cat but Preacher jumped toward it at the same moment. The two of them collided in the “air” and the force of the collision sent them spinning upward into space. “It is confirmed as a hostile, dangerous creature,” he said in a somewhat strained but still calm voice. “It has already punctured my suit. I will be offline in under fifteen seconds. Do not consider me in your calculations.”
<Tag Knight/everyone>
The last alien was almost on top of the humans now. This was their last chance for sure.
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